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Implementing Environmental Considerations For Joint Implementation And The Clean Development Mechanism

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  • KATHERINE BEGG

    (Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK)

  • GARY HAQ

    (Stockholm Environment Institute at York University of York, Y010 5YW, UK)

  • MICHAEL CHADWICK

    (Stockholm Environment Institute at York University of York, Y010 5YW, UK)

  • TIIT KALLASTE

    (Stockholm Environment Institute — Estonia Box 160, 10502 Tallinn, Estonia)

Abstract

The 1992 Climate Change Convention aims to stabilise greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Joint Implementation (JI) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) are instruments which allow countries with high marginal costs of abatement to participate in emission reduction projects in countries with lower marginal abatement costs with the incentive of gaining carbon credits for the reduction of GHGs. The environmental benefits sought by the Convention relate mainly to he mitigation of climate change. However, consideration should also be given to other potential environmental, economic and social effects of JI/CDM projects on the local population and host country. This paper discusses the need for integrating environmental and social considerations into the JI/CDM process. It undertakes a preliminary retrospective environmental assessment of AIJ energy projects in the Czech Republic and Estonia. It also proposes support for capacity building and data collection systems in host countries, application of a simple participative scoping exercise for all projects followed by further work as necessary, upgrading of the Uniform Reporting Format for projects, and incorporation into project approval criteria.

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  • Katherine Begg & Gary Haq & Michael Chadwick & Tiit Kallaste, 2001. "Implementing Environmental Considerations For Joint Implementation And The Clean Development Mechanism," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(01), pages 1-33.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:03:y:2001:i:01:n:s1464333201000571
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333201000571
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    1. Álvaro Enríquez-de-Salamanca & Rosa M. Martín-Aranda & Ruben Diaz-Sierra, 2017. "Towards an Integrated Environmental Compensation Scheme in Spain: Linking Biodiversity and Carbon Offsets," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 19(02), pages 1-25, June.

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